Yossarian
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Only a few hours to go before the polls open, so anyone interested feel free to post their endorsements/analysis!
My 2 cents:
Although I have been a Labor supporter up until recently, I am supporting the Liberals in this campaign. Between the two major parties, social policy differentiation in terms of asylum seekers, gay marriage and climate change is so minimal that it is scarcely worth trying to choose between them. Although I do not agree with the Liberal stance on such issues, Labor is no better! Economically, Labor continues to advocate big government woes of yesteryear, such as our own 'cash for clunkers' scheme (absolutely one of the stupidest policies ever) an overintensive economic stimulus, a monopolistic $43 billion Broadband Network that is way too expensive and delivers internet capability that is useless for most households for various technical reasons, and a mining tax which is too anti-federal.
Although I support gay marriage and more humane treatment of boat people, my support for the Greens is nullified by such ludicrous policies as free university education (paid for how?), compulsory student unionism, decommissioning the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor (which is used for medical research - WTF??) and increasing the company tax rate by 3% (goodbye foreign competitiveness).
Although all parties have their flaws, I believe the Liberals have at least some nominal commitment to free enterprise, smaller government, and individual choice.
Two nuclear reactors have been built at Lucas Heights. The smaller reactor Moata has been mothballed. The larger reactor HIFAR (High Flux Australian Reactor) is over 40 years old (began operations in 1958) and is due to be shut down within the next ten years.
A decision has been made to replace HIFAR with a bigger reactor built in Argentina. This project awaits the drawing up of firm plans for the management of nuclear waste from the reactor. These plans have been set back by the South Australian Government's decision to prohibit importation of intermediate and high level nuclear waste into SA.
Not to derail but what are boat people?
Not to derail but what are boat people?
like transformers, but aquatic.
Refugees that come into Australia by boat, particularly from Asia, with all of the problems that come with having a large refugee population.
Refugees that come into Australia by boat, particularly from Asia, with all of the problems that come with having a large refugee population.
our refugee population is anything but large, and it is the refugees that are in need of a stable country, while i think immigration should be restricted to keep out population stable, not growing, i believe that refugees should be quickly processed and put into industries that are lacking workers, like farmhands, for example, rather than kept in a fenced off facility on Christmas Island, or in Naroo, for 5 years.
Is Christmas Island a wonderland of gifts and snow year round? :mrgreen:
well, sort of.
That's not very Christmascy.
Where are the elves? and is that Christmas razor wire?
the leves are sharpening the Christmas razor wire on the other side of the place.
Seriously that place looks ****ed up.
Do those people really stay there 5 years?
that's one of the reasons i don't want to vote Green, they want to stop uranium mining and stop anything nuclear, regardless of the research into that field that is carried on at OPAL, and they won't let nuclear powered ships or submarines into Australian waters.
looks like our parliament will be hung
They should be
hmm, unless Gillard can get the Independents and Greens on board, looks like our parliament will be hung. (despite being led by a woman)
sounds like things are just as she wants them <insert drumroll here>
I need to read more into the implications of a hung parliament I honestly am confused as to the results of the election other than the 2 majority parties are split and it appears the minorities get a disproportionate amount of power as a result.
Are there more nuances that I am not privy to above and beyond the preceding gross simplification?
disclaimer.. i do have more than passing interest, despite my naivete
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Yossarian can probably explain it better than i can
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